The Lawyer's Secret
The Lawyer's Secret
Release: 1931-06-06
·Runtime: 70m
·★ 5.8
Crime
Drama
Sailor Joe Hart, who is spending his shore leave at a gambling joint, sells his gun to young Laurie Roberts after losing terribly. After Hart again loses his last dime, he leaves the joint and steals a car in order to return to his ship. Later that night, a tough gambler named "The Weasel" convinces Laurie, who also lost badly, that Baldy, the joint's owner, is crooked, and they both return to the joint to break open the safe. During the holdup, The Weasel kills Baldy with Joe's gun and, after being picked up for speeding, Joe is arrested for murder.
Cast
Harold Goodwin
as 'Madame X'
Syd Saylor
as Red
Jean Arthur
as Beatrice Stevens
Francis McDonald
as The Weasel
G. Pat Collins
as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
as Prison Turnkey (uncredited)
Hal Price
as Detective (uncredited)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
as Laurie Roberts
Willard Robertson
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Clive Brook
as Drake Norris
Sheila Bromley
as Madge - Madame X's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
as Detective (uncredited)
Claire Dodd
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Frank - District Attorney (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
as Joe Hart
Fay Wray
as Kay Roberts
